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Red Hook Grain Terminal

Imported, unreviewedRedevelopedReinhabitedRetrofit proposedBrooklyn, NY

Proposed industrial redevelopment of a 43.4-acre grain terminal (1922–1965) with no active construction or confirmed new use; DEC approved but no developer execution. · summary, model-written

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Finance and pipeline
Retrofit in the pipelineThis site: …proposed newtypes-extraction · all sites with this
Place
3+ other atlas sites within 10 kmThis site: 23 within 10 km computed · all sites with this
County permitting 2,000+ apartment units a yearThis site: 9,789 units, Kings County census-bps · all sites with this
County typical rent $2,000+This site: $3,858/mo zillow · all sites with this
Strategy
RedevelopedThis site: A recycling plant, a concrete storage facility, and a movie studio have all been discussed record · all sites with this
ReinhabitedThis site: A recycling plant, a concrete storage facility, and a movie studio have all been discussed record · all sites with this
New use
Entertainment and sportsThis site: …new_use field newtypes-extraction · all sites with this
Logistics and industrialThis site: …new_use field newtypes-extraction · all sites with this
Self-storageThis site: A recycling plant, a concrete storage facility, and a movie studio have all been discussed Approved by New newtypes-extraction · all sites with this

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Now

StatusRetrofit proposednewtypes-extraction reported
StrategyRedevelopment · Reinhabitation, proposedWikipedia no source
New usesentertainment, industrial, otherWikipedia no source
What is there nowA recycling plant, a concrete storage facility, and a movie studio have all been discussednewtypes-extraction reported
RedeveloperGowanus Industrial Park, Inc.newtypes-extraction reported

Planning

Planning notesApproved by New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.Wikipedia no source

Deals and debt

DateEventPricePartiesSource
1997Sold—John Quadrozzi Sr., president of Quadrozzi Concrete ← Port AuthorityWikipedia

Site context

Housing permits, Kings County (NY), 20249,789 units in 5+ unit buildings, 249 in 2–4, 25 single-family; 2023: 14,851 in 5+Census BPS
Other atlas sites nearby23 within 10 km, 35 within 25 km: 441–467 Prospect Avenue (2.3 km); Albee Square Mall (3.1 km); Jehovah's Witnesses headquarters (3.1 km); 25 Water St. (3.8 km); 111 Wall St. (4.0 km)computed
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)72,203 jobs in 9,032 establishments; average annual pay $48,397; employment location quotient 0.79; employment +0.2% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 20221,424 jobs; 31 in retail trade, 11 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 36047005302)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 32th income percentile as adults; 1.4% incarcerated at the 2010 count (414 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)not a low-access tract at 1 mile; 0% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 16.1%; median family income $126,806; 93 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
SchoolsNew York City Department Of Education; 13 public schools within 1 mile: PS 15 PATRICK F DALY; PS 58 CARROLL (THE); PS 124 SILAS B DUTCHER; PS 172 BEACON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCENCES EDGE
Elevation-5 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-202574 county-logged events: 35 thunderstorm wind, 31 flash flood, 5 lightning, 2 hail; $60,267,000 property damage reported; 2 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 202310,114 establishments (+2%); 76,133 jobs (+15%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $962,988 (+5% 1 yr, +15% 5 yr); typical rent $3,858/mo (+5% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)5,457 vehicles a day on BAY ST (major collector, 1 lanes); 739 trucks; 40 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Red Hook Grain Terminal (Brooklyn, NY) was a grain elevator (1922–1965), now proposed for redevelopment. It is 43.4 acres, owned by Gowanus Industrial Park, Inc., with no confirmed new use beyond 'entertainment/industrial/other' in planning notes. The site was sold to John Quadrozzi Sr. in 1997 (concrete company), and his son sought approval for a concrete plant in 2007. Status is 'proposed' with no current construction or approved plans. The New York State DEC approved planning notes. Nearby context includes 23 developments within 10km (e.g., stalled projects, Industry City proposed). Housing market data (ZHVI $962k) and traffic (BAY ST, 5,457 ADT) are provided but not site-specific. Unknown: exact timeline, final new use, or current occupancy. No evidence of active construction or sale to a developer with housing plans.

Why. Record shows no active deals, construction, or approved housing plans (status 'proposed' with no current developer execution). All context is listed but not site-specific.

Where it stands. Abandoned industrial site in planning phase; no confirmed redevelopment details beyond discussions of recycling, concrete, or entertainment uses.

For a planner

  • 43.4 acres is large but not yet developed
  • DEC approval exists but no construction
  • Nearby projects (e.g., Industry City) are also proposed

For a developer

  • No current sale or construction
  • Developer (Gowanus) has historical interest in concrete use
  • No housing plans confirmed per record

What we do not know yet

  • No new use finalized
  • No timeline for approval
  • No current tenant or lease

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Multifamily screen

  • already in play: under construction, approved, or sold to a developer with housing plans
  • 43.4 acres
  • median rent $1,784

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History and original facts

Opened1922newtypes-extraction
Closed1965newtypes-extraction reported
Acres43.4newtypes-extraction reported
Original developerNew York Statenewtypes-extraction reported
CountyKings County
Census division2 · Mid-Atlantic
NotesDraft from Wikipedia, model-extracted, unreviewed: The abandoned Red Hook Grain Terminal, built in 1922 and decommissioned in 1965, has proposed plans for redevelopment into a recycling plant, concrete storage facility, or movie studio, but remains abandoned.

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Background

The Red Hook Grain Terminal is an abandoned grain elevator in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, situated between the mouth of the Gowanus Canal and Erie Basin. It is 12 stories tall, 70 feet (21 m) wide, and 429 feet (131 m) long, containing sixty 120-foot-tall (37 m) cement silos.

Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.

Timeline

  1. 1922 Built
  2. 1922 Opened
  3. 1944 Transferred to Port Authority
  4. 1965 Decommissioned
  5. 1965 Closed
  6. 1990 Port Authority announced plans to sell or lease the site
  7. 1997 Purchased by John Quadrozzi Sr.
  8. 2004 John Jr. inherited company, intending redevelopment
  9. 2007 Quadrozzi Jr. sought government approval for a concrete manufacturing plant

Sources

  • Red Hook Grain Terminal · CC BY-SA 4.0
    8 quoted sentences
    The Red Hook Grain Terminal
    Built in 1922
    transferred hands to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in 1944
    decommissioned it in 1965

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